Carex viridula ssp brachyrrhyncha   Long-stalked Yellow-sedge C DD N

Carex viridula ssp brachyrryncha Carex viridula ssp brachyrryncha

This plant was for many years known as Carex lepidocarpa and the English name was Long-stalked Yellow-sedge. For some reason, perhaps because it is now classified as a sub species of C. viridula, Professor Stace has forgotten to put the old English names with the new Latin ones. Taxonomists may reasonably change the Latin name after appropriate research but we should keep the English names which stay constant as taxonomists make up their minds over the decades.

This sedge, is as its god old English name suggests, is larger than Carex viridula ssp oedicarpa (C. demissa of old) and when I see it it appears more erect but the same colour bright light green and, as you would expect, with very similar fruits.

It is seen most often in base rich fens or wet areas in limestone regions. Nationally it isn't common in Southern and Central England but becomes commoner as you go North and is found in most of Scotland

Bowlees quarry, Teesdale 21st June 2005

Added on October 9th 2005, updated 25th November 2008, updated 11th March 2010

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